Find out where your Mercury is placed.

Thinking is at the fundamental level of creation. It is the basis of all outgrowth, or expression of the Self, which is built upon by ideas, thoughts, programming and conditioning. Very few activities, gestures, written or spoken words can be produced without thoughts. Even while asleep, thoughts and images enter our minds unbidden.

I heard a statement today that was spoken by a very loving gentleman. He told a friend, his brother, that there's going to be a race showdown between the blacks and whites and that he'd either better move, or get himself a shotgun and some ammo. I pooh-poohed it telling my friend that that rumor has been alive and kicking for 20 or more years. I have never believed it.

The society we live in is a direct reflection of how we think. Why does anyone want wars? It is an old desire that is ruminating in the collective about seeing a showdown between the good and evil forces. Everyone expects good to triumph.

I think the future is a malleable proposition.

I wrote, "I think" that. If everyone is on the same page, and a war between two races of people - who really have no bone to pick with one another and CAN live cooperatively - is predicted, the desire for that outcome is strong enough to bring it about.

So, let's say we desire something completely different this time. We seem to be on the verge of a major breakthrough in understanding that reSources are not as limited as powers that control them would have us believe.

Thinking is a very constructive activity, Saturnian. With Pluto and Jupiter together in Capricorn, and an election looming that calls forth all the shenanigans the negative polarity can pull to ensure their hold on power, we are becoming more aware and thoughtful citizens and see through the bullshit.

What are we going to do about it? Ignore powers that be?

Dennis Kucinich is the example I am speaking of. I am so not political, but my gut tells me that effective leadership that is for the people and by the people - liberty and justice for all is squelched by unseen forces, which are actually quite brazen and not that hidden.

What I advise is that everyone knows how they think, what they think about and how they express themSelves. Your Mercury placement by sign, house, and what aspects it makes to other planets in your chart tells me a lot about what's going on in your Mind. How does it operate? What mode is it - cardinal, fixed, mutable? And what element is it in - fire/air/water/earth? All of this Matters to matter and the life matter supports.

Since it is the Mind that is the fertile womb of creation, it is wise to understand how you think so you can channel your creative spirit very productively. Affirm your individuality with self-awareness. Information is light. Light is empowering. It all gets filtered through the Mind before becoming reality.